Sad-iron.



J. GROSS.

SAD IRON.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1913.

Patented Aug. 11,1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-LITHO. WASHINGTON. D. C.

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Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914.

Application filed May 16, 1913. Serial No. 767,955.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrrr Gross, a cit1 zen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sad-irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesto sad-irons and has for its primary object the provision of an improved sad-i1. i which shall have means for being heated th by electricity and flame.

With the above and other objects in view this invention consists substantially in the combination, arrangement, and construction of parts all as hereinafter described, illus-' trated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification and show the preferred embodiment of my invention, and more particularly set forth in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of my invention with portions broken away and showing in detached position an electrical plug adapted for cooperation therewith. Fig. 2 is a view of my invention partly in vertical longitudinal section and partly in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of my invention taken on the line'3-3 of Fig. 2 and-looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 4 isia rear end elevation of my invention with a portion of a tube broken away. i

In the use of the ordinary sad-iron it frequently happens that the source of supply of heat fails, causing the iron to become cold and unfit for use.

One of the objects of my invention is to obviate such a disadvantage by providing an iron having means for being heated by electricity and flame. To that end I provide a sad-iron" which in the preferred embodiment of my invention has two interchangeable surfaces, one heated by electricity and the other by flame, the iron being pivoted at its ends in a suitable hanger and provided with a set-screw for holding the iron in either of its adjusted positions.

Reference numeral 10 indicates a hanger for my improved iron of any convenient form, provided with a heat non-conducting handle 11. Horizontally pivoted at its'end in the hanger 10 is an ironing element having two ironing surfaces 12 and 13, the surface 12 being heatedby means of an electrical element 14 adjacentlydisposed, and the surface 13 being heated by means of a gas burner 15 adjacently disposed. The ironing element is apertured preferably at its rear end at points equidistant from its pivotal connection with the hanger 10, as at 16, for engagement with a set screw 17 which passes through a threaded aperture provided in the hanger 10. If the operator be using the surface 12 of the iron, which is electrically heated, and if during such use the supply of electricityfails, he loosens the setscrew 17 i and oscillates the ironing element in the hanger 10 a half revolution or until the surface 13 has taken the place at first occupied by the surface 12. He then lights the burner 15 thereby heating the surface 13 and rendering the iron again ready for use. Preferably the burner 15 is in the form of the well known Bunsen burner, having an outward extension 18 upturned for convenience in operation, provided with the well known adjustable air inlet aperture 19 and the ordinary nipple 20, for engagement with the end of a flexible tube. The extension 18 is detachably connected to the burner 15 as at'21. (See Fig.2.) Preferably, also, the burner 15 is provided with radial apertures 22 angularly disposed with respect to each other for proper disposition of the flame produced with respect to the ironing surface 13, and also, in the preferred embodiment of my invention, the burner 15 constitutes a. pipe which at its inner end is embedded in the nose of the ironing element and at its outer end protrudes through the ironing element and the hanger 10 to form a pivot for engagement with the hanger. The ironing element is provided adjacent the burner 15 with a convenient number of air inlet apertures 23. The forward or nose end of the ironing element is provided with a pivot-screw 21 disposed concentric with the axis of the burner 15 and upon which the forward end of the hanger 10 is pivoted.

The electrical-heating element 1 1 is disposed adjacent the surface 12 and a layer of insulating material 25 prevents contact between the ironing element and the heating element. For the purpose of'radiating heat of the electrical heating element 14: toward the ironing surface 12 I provide a layer of asbestos or other similar heat radiating ma= terial. 26, backed by a plate of sheet-iron or similar substance27, the asbestos and sheetironbeingeecuredin place in the ironing w element by means of a headed screw 28 within the ironing element.

An electrical socket 30 is provided,'prefer-' ably in the rear vertical surface of the ironing element, for engagement with the'points 31 of an electrical plug. 32, for the purpose of conveying electricity to the heating element 14. In the preferred form of my invention the ironing element is composed of two separable members, one bearingthe electrical element 14; and having the'electrically.

heated ironing surface '12, and the other bearing the burner 15 and having the flame heated ironing surface 13, these two members being secured together by means of shouldered lugs 33 formed upon the electrically heated member and secured to the flame heated memberby means of flat head screws 34. The two members of the ironing elements preferably contact at their ends as shown most clearlyin'Fig. 2 and the sides of the gas heated member are cut away as at 35 (see Figs. 2 and 3) to provide additional intake for air for the flame used.

Inthe operation of my invention the ironing element may be set to cause the electrically-heated surface-12 to be in position for use, following which the plug 32 may be inserted in the socket 30 and the electrical elementlethereby heated, or if the electricity fails and it is desired to heat the ironing element by flamejthe ironing element may be reversed intothe position shown in the drawings, thegas tube connected to the nipple 20, the burner 15 lighted, and the iron-used in that position. hen the electrically heated ironing surface 12 is in use itis found preferable to disconnect therextension 18 from the burner 15 and vice versa 7 whenthe flame heated surface 13 is in use it is found preferable to withdraw the plug. 32 from the socket 30; i

It will be noted that in operation' the hand of the operator grasping the handle 11 is protected from the heat radiating'from the lowermost heating surface by the interposi- -tion of theuppermo'st heating element between his hand-and the lowermost heating element. g; V In the accompanying drawings andin the foregoing description isset forth the pre-' Y ironing surfaces in operative position.

The combination of asadron having two ironing surfaces, an electricalheating element embodied in the for-heating one 5:

of the ironing surfaces, and a flame heating element embodied in the iron forheatin gthe other ironing-surface, said iron being reversible to place either of the ironing surfaces in operatlve position."

' 3. The combination with a hanger, of a sad-iron pivoted therein, said sad iron hav-' flame heating. element embodied in the ironforheating the other ironing-surface. V I

5. Thecombinatio'n with -a hanger, of'ja sad-iron plvoted thereln, sa d sad-iron hav ing two ironing surfaces and being reversible 1n the hanger to place elther ironing surface in operative position, an electrical heating element embodied in the iron for heating one of the llOI llng" surfaces, a flame V heating element'embodied in the iron for heating the other ironing surface, and means for locking the iron in. the hanger in either of its positions 7 6; The combination hanger, of a 'sad-iron pivoted therein, said being reversible in thefhanger to} place either ironing surfacein operative position'and to 7 cause the ironing surfacenotingoperative I position tofbe interposed ,betweeng 'the' ironing surface which is'f'in' operative position and the handle, and heating means of, dif-: ferent varieties for the respective ironing surfaces. Y 7. The combination iwitha handled sad-iron having two ironing surfaces; and being reversible in the hanger to-placeeither ironing surface in operative position,-. and

to cause the ironing" surfacenot in" operironing surface which isiin operative posisad-iron having two-ironing surfacesand i hanger, of a sad-iron pivoted there in,'said 111 a ativeposition tobeinterposed between the tion and the-handle, electrical heatingmeans 1 embodied inthe iron, nd flame heating means embodied in the iron. r 8. The

combination withbaa-ea V hanger, of. a 's'ad-iron pivoted-therein,Isaid V sad-iron having two ironing surface's and being reversible inthe hanger to place either ironing surface in operative position-andto cause the ironing surface not in operative position to be interposed between theiron ing surface which is inoperative; position and the handle, electricalheating means l embodied in the iron, flame heatinggneans.

embodied in the iron, and means for looking the hanger in either of its positions.

9. The combination with a handled hanger, of'a sad-iron horizontally pivoted therein at its ends, said iron including a flame heated ironing element and an electrically heated ironing element superposed upon the flame heated ironing element in inverted position and secured thereto, said sad-iron beingreversible in the hanger to cause either ironing element to assume an operative position and to cause the other ironing element to be interposed between the ironing element which is in operative position and the handle, and means for locking the sad-iron in the hanger in either of its positions.

10. The combination with a handled hanger; of a sad-iron pivoted therein; said iron including a hollow flame heated ironing element having its upper edges cut away intermediate its ends; an electrically heated ironing element superposed in inverted position upon the flame heated ironing element; shouldered lugs protruding from the electrically heated ironing element across the cut away portion of the flame heated ironing element; locking means upon the flame heated ironing element cooperating with the shouldered lugs to secure the two ironing elements together; said sadiron being reversible in the hanger to cause eitlfer ironing element to assume an operative position.

11. The combination with a hanger, of

a sad-iron pivoted therein, said sad-iron having two ironing surfaces and being reversible in the hanger to place either ironing surface in operative position, an electrical heating element embodied in the iron for heating one of the ironing surfaces, a flame heating element embodied in the iron for heating the other ironing surface, means embodied in the iron for detachably connecting the electrical heating element thereof to a source of electrical supply, and a detachable tube upon the iron for connecting the flame heating element with a source of supply of combustible fluid.

12. The combination of a sad-iron having two unbroken ironing surfaces, an electrical heating element embodied in the iron and positioned adjacent one of the ironing surfaces for heating it, a sheet of heat reflecting material positioned adjacent to the electrical heating element and upon the side opposite the ironing surface which it heats, and a flame heating element embodied in the iron for heating the other ironing surface, said iron being reversible to place either of its ironing surfaces in operative position.

In testimony whereof I have name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 14th day of May, A. D. 1913.

JOSEPH GROSS.

signed my Witnesses:

CHARLES H. SEEM, HAROLD G. RooKwELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

